I am trying to help a friend identify a number of coins he bought as part of an "ancients" collection. I have succeeded with most of the Roman...
A friend bought a collection of mostly Roman coins, with which I have been helping him with identification. These were in there - I suspect Indian...
That certainly seems to be the thing! Thanks for that. Anyone any idea how scarce/common these are? I can find none on Ebay past or present.
I picked up this amongst a bunch of modern Austrian coins. Can anyone tell me more about it? It is dated 1963 and commemorates events of 1642. I...
These came to me in the market today. Not often you see one Wreath Crown so 6 at once is extraordinary. I am pretty confident they are all right...
I don't usually go for these modern Silver Proof coins, but I have to say the reverse of this one is very well designed. Crown Size St Helena 20p...
Looks good to me. Relevant section of the rules of the thread, posted by @Curtisimo who I guess has the final say: "4. The coin should be datable...
This certainly doesn't count as a "real" coin as far as I am concerned, but it fits the "non-round" requirement and I happened to find myself in...
That coin might be not too bad under all that grunge. It is acceptable to clean ancient coins with care - nothing abrasive but a soak in Acetone...
Thanks @Mark Metzger - I can't say it is really my area of expertise, but I believe what you have there is one of the first milled Charles II...
Yes - Isle of Man has done many of these. (Motorbikes too.) The only one I have a picture of at the moment is this one: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Well here's an oddity for you - an Australian "Seven Pence" coin - created by some wag by insetting a Sixpence into a Penny! [ATTACH]
I concur with the view that they are probably not fake - if I had any doubts it would be on the first one, but the weight is right, so probably...
For completeness, here is the Quarter Farthing - 1/16th of a Penny and so 1/3840th of a pound! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yes - 1923 was the year they changed the design and made 72000 of each. By global standards that is quite a low mintage, but for Jersey coins...
Jersey has some notably odd fractions - here are their 1/12th and 1/24th Shilling coins. They also did 1/13th and 1/26th shilling coins, but I...
A couple of upgrades picked up yesterday: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I have to say this is my least favourite sort of coin but it was at an auction today and seemed cheap enough, so I bought it with this thread in...
Another Nova Scotia Penny but this one Queen Victoria and a different design: [ATTACH] As flowers seem to have stalled, how about a shift to...
I agree - which is why I still have them! But sentimental value is now measured in 100s of kilos in weight. When I go to the great coin fair in...
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